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Sir William Addison.
Understanding English Surnames.
Published London: B. T. Batsford, 1982 reprint (previously issued 1978).
ISBN 0713405651.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Billing & Son, London, Oxford & Worcester.
Size: 143x221x15mm.
Page count: text 176pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is a bit ruffled at creased at the edges and corners, its spine slightly faded; the book itself looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £2.50
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Weight without packaging: 328g.

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No particular medieval emphasis.

Contents: South-East England; Wessex; South-West England; West Midlands; Eastern kingdoms; Lincolnshire & North Midlands; Lancashire & Yorkshire; Northern England.
Appendix: Topographical list of peculiarly local surnames.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 8 pages, monochrome
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 3pp
Index: yes

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See also | Names & place-names | Local history |

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